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Mary & Russ's Family
50th Anniversary Celebration
Russ & Mary’s 50th Anniversary Celebration! First off, Thanks to all who were able to join us for our 50th Anniversary Celebration. We appreciate our family and friends getting together to celebrate with us. There were two picture opportunities available at...
Happy Holidays | 2020
2020 | Year in Review Holiday Greetings to all, As we all know this year has been a tough one for most of us. Through it all we hope you are safe & well and stay that way. January: 2020 started out so well. We celebrated the new year with family and friends...
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year 2020! From Thanksgiving thru the New Year's Celebration family and friends are the main theme this year. Mary & I are in town (as compared to years past when we snuck out between Christmas and New Year's) so lots of get-togethers...
LJ Weekend | October 2018
Lumberjack Weekend | at the Rohows "secret" east/west locations in Wisconsin October 2018 Friday | October 12, 2018 OK, full disclosure here... I just finished last winter's LJ Weekend post and decided to get this one "on the board" at the same time so I'm "cloning"...
Labor Day Weekend | 2018
Labor Day Weekend Friday, August 31 2018 Phil & I locked up the shop at 5 PM for the long weekend. Gina and the rest of "Team A-1" had already escaped the city for parts unknown (well some parts are known but more on that later...). I walked home to find Mary had...
4th of July at the lake
4th of July at Rock Lake Wednesday, July 4, 2018 Actually my Independence HoliDAY started at 6:00 PM on Tuesday the 3rd when Phil and I locked up the shop I walked home to find Mary had already packed the car for our trek to Rock Lake. So... off we went. I expected...
LJ Weekend | March 2018
Lumberjack Weekend | at the J P Rohow "secret" Compound in Wisconsin March 9-11, 2018 Friday, March 9, 2018 Friday AM started fairly normal. I arose, made coffee and thought about what to pack... You see, after the "boss" granted me a day off I accepted my "BiL"...
Father’s Day
Happy Father's Day at the Battisto household. We started out with Grandma Ruth and Gina showing up early. Grandma for a short visit and Gina to start her prep. Grandma headed home before dinner but enjoyed herself. It was a beautiful day on the deck. Then the party...
Sacramento-Napa Valley Trip plus…
Our week long trek to Sacramento, Napa & Sonoma then back to MN for some "lake(s)" time over Memorial Day Weekend... May 20, 2017 SATURDAY This trip is different from the point that we arose “as usual” and had a normal morning as compared to our Caribbean jaunts...
Mother’s Day
A perfect Day for a celebration of Mothers. I'm surrounded by them... 🙂 Let's start out before the celebration begins: Bubba is waiting patiently for visitors, his water near by just in case. Then our family begins to arrive to prep for the occasion. [gallery...
Christmas Celebration
A flurry of activity to close out 2015. First, our annual Christmas dinner at the Wilson's. Then off to the Capistrants for their Christmas celebration.. Then off to Cozumel for the New Year's Celebration (but that's...
Battisto Family Trip to Dauphin Island
Battisto Family Trip to Dauphin Island. June 6th thru June 14th 2015 Friday - June 5th A “normal” day at work with the exception that there are many things to do as well as finalize preparations for the guys (our 3 service techs, Tom,...